Myths of the Ancient Greeks

Table of Contents:
Myths of the Ancient Greeks - Richard P. Martin The Beginnings: Gods and Creatures Offspring of Iapetos the Titan Descendants of Atlas, Greek and Trojan Warriors, Kings, and Heroines from Zeus The Ancient Greek World Mainland Greece Introduction Book 1. The Beginnings 1. The World Begins 2. Night and Sea 3. The Coming of Zeus 4. Battles of the Gods 5. The Final Struggles of Zeus 6. The Marriages of Zeus 7. The Birth of Apollo and Artemis 8. Prometheus and the Human World 9. Prometheus Punished 10. The Great Flood Book 2. Singers, Players, and Rivals 11. The Muses and Their Offspring 12. The Song of Orpheus 13. The Muses Victorious 14. Apollo's Rival 15. Hermes Tricks Apollo 16. Pan the Goat-God Book 3. Lovers Mortal and Divine 17. The Loves of Apollo 18. Fiery Births: Asklepios and Dionysus 19. The God of Ecstasy 20. Demeter and Persephone 21. Dangerous Huntress 22. Hephaestus the Smith 23. Aphrodite's Loves 24. Cosmic Couples Book 4. The Tales of Athens 25. Athens Arises 26. Crimes in Regal Blood 27. Tales from the Virgin's City Book 5. Theseus, Lord of Athens 28. The Sword Under the Stone 29. The Cretan Adventure 30. Life After the Labyrinth 31. Final Falls Book 6. Herakles, Greatest of Heroes 32. The Glory of Hera 33. The Hero Grows Up 34. The Labors of Herakles 35. The Last Years of Herakles 36. A Wedding and a Funeral Book 7. Once and Future Heroes 37. Perseus the Boaster 38. Perseus Finds a Wife 39. Jason and the Voyage East 40. A Prize and a Princess 41. Jason and Medea Book 8. The Saga of Thebes 42. Two Foundations 43. Family Misfortunes 44. Savior and Destroyer: Oedipus the King 45. Fraternal War 46. The Final Sacrifice Book 9. The War at Troy 47. The Cosmic Struggle 48. Judgment and Reward 49. On Pelops' Island 50. Prelude to War 51. The Wrath of Achilles 52. The End of Troy 53. The Returns of the Heroes 54. Odysseus, Last Hero Home 55. A Return to Ithaca 56. End of an Era Further Reading Index

About the Author :
Professor Richard P. Martin teaches Greek and Latin literature at Stanford University. Martin's research focuses primarily on Homeric poetry and how it functioned as a performance art in ancient Greece. His research has involved fieldwork in modern Crete, interviewing those who still perform traditional oral epics. In addition, he has studied resemblances between ancient oral poetry and modern rap. He has worked on presenting Homer digitally, in a full-scale multimedia version of the Odyssey on CD, in connection with distance learning projects. Martin is also interested in the performance of Greek lyric as represented in myth and art, and the analysis of Greek myth.Born and raised in Boston, he studied Classics as well as medieval and modern Irish language and literature at Harvard University, where he received his BA in Classics and Celtic literature and his MA and PhD in classical philology. Prior to his position at Stanford, Professor Martin taught Classics for 18 years at Princeton University. He was the chair of the Department of Classics at Stanford from 2002 through 2008.